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Originally Posted by martyh

The problems arise when a decision is made that the client disagrees with .How many times has a doctors competency been called into question when a patient disagrees with a diagnosis .I don't think it would make any difference who did the assessments ,if the patient disagrees with it they will be rubbish and incompetent ,if the patient gets their own way then all will be well

Unfortunately in some cases the ATOS are not only disagreeing with the patient they are also disagreeing with the patients own doctor and specialist ...